C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - OxA-9762

WITHDRAWN BECAUSE OF SAMPLE TREATMENT PROBLEM (Sheridan 2006, 202). A single wolf bone from the organic basal ditch fill 1 B16 This sample produced a date different from those of other samples in broadly similar contexts. However, it was processed with the others and its activity was measured with two standards and a background sample which all produced normal results. Its yield was good (about 8%) and the CN ratio at 3.3 suggests that it was not contaminated with carbon of a different age from that of the bone. Archaeological explanations must be sought for the difference.

Canmore ID 2105

Map Number HY31SW

Site type Henge (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)

Site number 2

NGR 330670 1012520

Council 330

County 22

Parish STENNESS

Lab Analysis ID OxA-9762

Material Dated withdrawn (withdrawn)

Sponsor HS

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 4240 bp +/-45

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 2290 bc +/-45

Delta -20.4

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No